Prey takes place in an alternate timeline where United States President John F. Kennedy survives his attempted assassination in 1963. the failed assassination catalyzes Kennedy to direct more funding into the space program, allowing it to flourish and accelerating the space race.in march 2031, Morgan Yu is recruited by their brother Alex to join TranStar research team on Talos.Morgan is then contacted by January, an operator artificial intelligence that claims to have been built by Morgan.